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Anglo-Saxon

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wecg

Grammar
wecg, <b>. II.</b>
Entry preview:

Ox. 50, 36. v. gold-, gylding-wecg. Add

weard

(n.)
Grammar
weard, e; f.
Entry preview:

Add In þá heordnesse and weard heora sylfra eádmódnesse in custodiam humilitatis. Gr. D. 205, 10

wegu

(n.)
Grammar
wegu, e; f.
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Carriage, vehicle Ne beþearf ná seó sáwul swá gerádre wege and færinge anima vehiculo non eget, Gr. D. 314, 25

wedd

Grammar
wedd, <b>. I.</b>
Entry preview:

Syle wedd be þissum eallum þe ic for þé dyde and for þe þrowade.' Ðonne andswaraþ se man úrum Drihtne and cwið: 'Nebbe ic ǽnig wedd tó syllanne nimþe míne (dǽda). 'Þonne bið bóc ontýned . . . On þére bóc beóð áwritene ǽghwylces mannes dǽda, Verc.

ge-weorc

(n.)
Grammar
ge-weorc, -worc, -were, es; n. [ge-, weorc a work] .

work ⬩ ŏpus ⬩ ŏpuscŭlus ⬩ a fort ⬩ fortress ⬩ arx

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Mǽre wurdon his wundra geweorc great were his wondrous works, 45 b; Th. 155, 2; Gú. 854: 40 a; Th. 133, 35; Gú. 500.

Linked entries: ge-werc ge-worc geweorc-lic

burh-waru-man

(n.)
Grammar
burh-waru-man, -mann, es; m.
Entry preview:

A citizen; civis, Bd. 1, 7; S. 479, 12

wéde

(adj.)
Grammar
wéde, adj.

Furious, in a rage, mad, fierce,

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S.) wæs mé ðió widiua molesta est mihi haec vidua, 18, 5.widiua Wið wédes (wéde, MS. B. v.wéde-hund) hundes slite, Lchdm. i. 362, 23

Linked entries: woede wéde-hund

a-dún-weard

(adv.)
Grammar
a-dún-weard, adv.

Downward ⬩ deorsum

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Downward; deorsum Scotedon adúnweard mid arewan they shot their arrows downward, Chr. 1083; Th. i. 352, 14

and-weard-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
and-weard-líce, adv.

Presentially ⬩ in the presence of ⬩ present ⬩ præsentialiter

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Presentially, in the presence of, present; præsentialiter Ðe hine andweardlíce gesáwon who saw him present, Bd. 4, 17; S. 585, 30: Elen. Grm. 1141

ge-ǽwnod

(v.)
Grammar
ge-ǽwnod, part. [ǽwnian to marry, wed]

Married ⬩ nuptus

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Married; nuptus Ruth wearþ geǽwnod Iessan ealdan fæder Ruth was married to the grandfather of Jesse, Ælfc. T. 12, 17

Linked entry: ǽwnian

weder

Grammar
weder, <b>. II.</b>
Entry preview:

Wedra gebregd, Ph. 57. Add

weal

(n.)

a wall.

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a wall

weel

Grammar
weel,
  • Wrt. Voc. ii. 95, 79.

Similar entry: þel

wége

Similar entry: wǽge

wégi

Similar entry: wǽge

well

Similar entry: will

welm

Similar entry: wilm

weód

Entry preview:

Á hé mæig findan hwæt hé mæig on byrig bétan . . . weód wyrtwalian, Angl. ix. 262, 21. Add

rǽs

(n.)
Grammar
rǽs, (?), -we; f.
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Counsel, deliberation Ðonne merestreámas meotudes rǽswum ( or from rǽswa ?) onwealcaþ, Exon. Th. 193, 24; Az. 126. And see rǽs-bora, rǽswian

weorf

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weorf)] jumentum, Wrt. Voc. l. 23, 6. Hé geann . . . þám æþelinge .XL. mancsa goldes and þǽra wildra worfa æt Æscburnan lande, Cht. Crw. 23, ii

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